Title :
Biosend, an automated biomedical acquisition system
Author :
Ortega, P. ; Prat, Josep ; Manuel, A. ; Pastor, X. ; Jaureguizar, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
A virtual instrument to acquire automatically biomedical signals is introduced. The system is constituted by two basic blocks: a hardware unit or concentrator that gathers and sends back all the information shown by the several screens connected to the patient, regardless of their trade-mark, through a single channel series digital standard R3-232 or EIA-422 to a distant computer, in such a way that any additional hardware is superfluous. Secondly, a software subsystem installed in a central computer that permits one to capture, visualize and process all the information from a patient, thus, facilitating the control of such patient, also, making it possible to extract data and statistics that are extremely valuable in medical investigation. This software can be run in a PC or Macintosh environment and it has been designed through LABVIEW 3.1 by National Instruments, a graphic programming language used in the development of automated instrumentation systems
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; data acquisition; medical signal processing; signal detection; virtual machines; Biosend; EIA-422; LABVIEW 3.1; automated biomedical acquisition system; automated instrumentation systems; automatic biomedical signal acquisition; central computer; graphic programming language; hardware unit; information processing; single channel series digital standard R3-232; software subsystem; virtual instrument; Augmented virtuality; Back; Biomedical engineering; Computer displays; Computer languages; Hardware; Instruments; Medical diagnostic imaging; System software; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3811-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1996.656818
